The Price of German Unity: Reunification and the Crisis of the Welfare State

by Richard Deveson and Gerhard A. Ritter

The unification of Germany as a prelude to the end of the division of Europe and the termination of the Cold War came as a surprise to the whole world. It was the beginning of a new era in German and European history.

The Price of German Unity is the first full-scale analysis of this process, both domestically and in its wider international context, with a particular focus on the social-policy consequences. Gerhard A. Ritter uses a wide range...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199556822
• ISBN13: 9780199556823
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"